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CARL LEHMANN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

POLICE AND MILITARY HAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 257,955, dated May 16,1882.

Application filed March 1, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CARL LEI-IMANN, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Police and Military Hats, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of this invention is to furnish for others an improved hat,which is capable of resisting violentblows withoutbreaking, which isperfectly water-proof, and which can be readily cleaned by washing theexterior covering with soap and water.

The invention consists of a hat the body of a covering and inside liningcemented thereto by a suitable water-proof cement. The brim isre-enforced by a covering of suitable fabric below the exteriorcovering.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an inside view of thecork body of my improved hat before the lining is put in. l lig. 2 is aside view of the hat without thelining, a part being broken away; andFig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of a part of the hat on line soa", Fig. 2, drawn on an enlarged scale.

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My improved hat is composed of three layers-an intermediate cork layer,A, an exterior covering of felt, cloth, or other fabric, D, and an innercovering or lining, E, of suitable fabric. In making my improved hatsthe intermediate layer or cork body, A, is formed of four or moresections of cork of uniform thickness, which are shaped on aformingblock by being nailed upon the same in moist The cork body isnext dried on the shaping-block in a drying-chain her. The cork sectionsare then cemented together at the meeting edges and the brim coveredwith an exterior layer of thin muslin or other fabric, B, for thepurpose of re-enforcing it to some extent. To the exterior surface ofthe cork body A is now applied a coating, B, of indiarubber cement, andover the same shrunk a covering, D, of felt, cloth, or other textilefabalso coated with a layer, (3, of india-rubber or other water-proofcement, and while the latter is yet in hot state the lining is put inand worked down upon the inner surface of the cork body A until it formsan intimate connection therewith. As the covering and lining re-enforcethe cork body at both sides, a high degree of resiliency and strength isimparted to the hat, so that it is capable of resisting blows and ofprotecting the head of the wearer.

The hat is very durable, owing to its waterproof quality, and can becleaned from time to time by washing the covering with soap and water. v

I am aware that cork hats are old and well known; but they have beenmade from flat pieces of cork, which are covered at the outer side andblocked into shape. This furnishes a light hat adapted for hot climates,but gives no strength and elasticity to the hat, and therefore noprotection against blows. As the cork body of my hat is first blockedinto shape, then waterproofed, and finally covered outside and inside, ahat of great resistance to blows and wear is obtained.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. As a new article of manufacture, a military hatconsisting of a body made of cork sections blocked into shape and unitedat the abutting edges by a suitable-cement, of an outer layer orcovering, and of an inner layer or lining, said covering and liningbeing applied to the blocked cork body by means of water-proof cement,substantially as set forth.

2. The method herein described of making hats for military and otherpurposes, consisting first in blocking the cork sections that form thebody of the hat, uniting the abutting edges by cement, coating theexterior and interior surfaces of the cork body bya water-proof cement,and finally applying the covering and lining thereto, substantially asset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL LEHMANN.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, CARL KARP.

